THE JEPEWAYS An American Dream Gus Jepeway had a dream. As a young shepherd boy, Gus would sit on the rocks in a grove of olive trees in the valley surrounded by the mountains of Douma, Lebanon and dream about wondrous places. He had seen the Temple of Jupiter across the Bekaa Valley in Baalbe...

Old Bulldog teaches new tricks June 30, 2010 by RYAN BLACK @ The Red and Black Former University baseball player Jasha Balcom may not be in professional baseball anymore, but it is possible in the near future you may see a player he groomed playing in the MLB. Balcom founded HittersBox Baseba...

THE FIRE IN THE SKY If you are afraid of flying in a passenger jet, then you should be afraid of going outside, or even staying inside, during a thunderstorm. The odds of dying of one or the other are roughly the same. Lightning kills. It has killed some of us for hundreds and thousands of ye...

FOWL PLAY - We used to hang horse thieves and cattle rustlers. But the question remains, what do you do with a chicken stealer. Times were getting tough after World War I. Actually, times were tough before and after the "War to End All Wars." And quite frankly, they still are. A rash of t...

It's Census Time Again It's that time again, time to fill out the forms or answer the doorbell and be counted. In 1790, the United States Congress began the process of enumerating the number of persons living in the various states. That process has continued for the last 220 years. Now, the t...

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By now you have probably heard about the benefits of taking a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement . If not, the basic reasoning is that a multi will prevent and treat any nutrient deficiencies you may have. These deficiencies are a result of a less than optimal diet as well as some factors outside o...

One quite recent investment chance when it comes to gold is the American Buffalo gold coins. Similar to the gold dollar coin a US insignia will be present on the Buffalo gold coins. There should be governmental guarantees about the quality and amount of gold that is contained in every coin. This ...

The United States Bullion section is a fortified vault built near the ancient Fort Knox in Kentucky. The leap is used to store most part of the United States gold reserves and sometimes other valuable items for the federal government. Fort Knox is the second U.S vault, the first vault is the unde...

One of the biggest confusions in the world of gold coin buying occurs when the novice gold bullion owner, decides to pop his treasure onto a little weighing scale....you know the type of balance you have in your kitchen- for measuring out how much of an ingredient to put into the cooking.Then, th...